The Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation reported income of £19k and spending of £18k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £19k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 538%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Houghton Village Hall (£19k), The Newton Charitable Trust (£19k) and The Tigris Charitable Foundation (£19k).